Pension reform, private saving, and the current account in a small open economy /

Pension reform, private saving, and the current account in a small open economy /

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Author / Creator:	Schimmelpfennig, Axel.
Imprint:	[Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, European II Dept., ©2000.
Description:	1 online resource (29 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	IMF working paper ; WP/00/171 IMF working paper ; WP/00/171.
Subject:	Pensions -- Small states -- Econometric models. Payroll tax -- Small states -- Econometric models. Saving and investment -- Small states -- Econometric models. Rate of return -- Small states -- Econometric models. Balance of payments -- Small states -- Econometric models. Pensions -- Econometric models. Payroll tax -- Econometric models. Saving and investment -- Econometric models. Rate of return -- Econometric models. Balance of payments -- Econometric models. States, Small -- Economic conditions -- Econometric models. Balance of payments -- Econometric models. Payroll tax -- Econometric models. Pensions -- Econometric models. Rate of return -- Econometric models. Saving and investment -- Econometric models. States, Small -- Economic conditions -- Econometric models.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12497537

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Other authors / contributors:	International Monetary Fund. European II Department.
ISBN:	1282004409 9781282004405 1462336744 9781462336746 1452721947 9781452721941 9786613795700 6613795704 9781451903744 145190374X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 27-29). Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Summary:	Pension system reforms are a fashionable topic in industrialized countries, developing countries, and transition countries alike. Many countries consider partly replacing existing pay-as-you-go (PAYG) systems with fully-funded (FF) systems. It is hoped that such reforms increase labor market efficiency, spur domestic capital accumulation, and counteract rising dependency ratios, even though the theoretical and empirical evidence is ambiguous. These pension reforms have a potential impact on a country's saving-investment balance and thus on the current account. On the one side, a PAYG system is based on intergenerational transfers while a FF system is based on saving. On the other side, a pension reform involves costs that need to be financed. The net effect on the saving-investment balance - and hence the current account balance - depends on whether individuals are forward-looking or myopic, and on whether the reform is debt-financed or tax-financed. This paper illustrates possible effects of pension reforms on the private as well as the aggregate saving-investment balance.
Other form:	Print version: Schimmelpfennig, Axel. Pension reform, private saving, and current account in a small open economy. [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, European II Dept., ©2000